Anoecia vagans (Koch) (Hemiptera, Aphididae) on roots of spring wheat in Finland PDF
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© Entomologica Fennica. 27 September 1999 Brief report Anoecia vagans (Koch) (Hemiptera, Aphididae) on roots of spring wheat in Finland Erja Huusela-Veistola & Arja Vasarainen Huusela-Veistola, E. & Vasarainen, A. 1999: Anoecia vagans (Koch) (Hemiptera, Aphididae) on roots of spring wheat in Finland.-Entomol. Fennica 10: 94. Agricultural Research Centre, Plant Production Research, Plant Protection, FIN- 31600 Jokioinen, Finland e-mail address: [email protected] Received 12 October 1998, accepted 9 June 1999 Aphid colonies of apterous specimens of Anoecia vagans The boxes with wheat sprouts were transferred to the field (Koch) were found on the roots of spring wheat (Triticum on 1 June 1998. Although an economic importance of Anoe sativum) among plant samples taken to monitor plant patho cia vagans has not been documented previously, they clearly gens of wheat in Ta: Jokioinen (6749:308) 10 September injured the roots of several wheat plants. Because aphids were 1998. Five plants with aphid colonies (25-30 specimens per found late in autumn, it may be possible that they move on to plant) were found, but roots of several other plants were in sprouts of winter wheat. The importance of root herbivores jured. Infested roots were transferred to the laboratory and is generally underestimated in plant protection studies. kept at room temperature. Two days later, alate aphids ap peared. They were identified by authors as viviparous females (sexupara) of Anoecia vagans. Identification was confirmed Acknowledgements. We thank Eila Lalli who found the by CAB Bioscience UK Centre (International Institute of En aphid colonies and kindly informed us about them. We are tomology). also grateful to Anders Albrecht and Osmo Heikinheimo for According to Heie (1980), species of Anoecia alternate the information about distribution of Anoecia vagans in Fin between Comus (winter) and roots of Poaceae or Cyperace land. ae (summer), or remain on the summer host all year round. In Finland, Anoecia vagans have been found on Comus in Kerimiiki (Sa) and Vihti (Ab) and on roots of grasses in Janak kala (Ta) (0. Heikinheimo, pers. comrn.). In addition, colo References nies of Anoecia vagans have been found on roots of Elymus repens and Deschampsia flexuosa in fonnicaries of Lasius jlavus or L. niger in Perna (N) (A. Albrecht, pers. comrn.), Heie, O.E. 1980: The Aphidoidea (Hemiptera) of Fennos but never before on roots of cereals. candia and Denmark. I. General Part. The Families Mind The wheat plants where the aphids were found were sown aridae, Hormaphididae, Thelaxidae, Anoeciidae, and (19 May 1998) in boxes and kept at +6 ° C in a greenhouse. Pemphigidae. - Fauna Entomol. Scand. 9: I 00-111.
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